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1. VII M.YKE, EMtor ami PaMlBtni McRENRY, esasassss ILLINOIS NEWS CONDENSED. 1HBEA0T. ^ | ( - , IFHE dedication ceremonies at STihgara • Palls Park, July 15, were attended by 25,000 ^ " people. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Dorsheimer, iflf President of the commission, made the || presentation address, Gov. Hill formally » accepting the reservation on behalf of the jBr people of the State of New York. Letters E of regret were read from the *> * Governor General of Canada, ex- Governor Tilden, and others H James Crillv, of Toledo, O., a driver, was , / shot and killed at Home wood Driving Park, [Jpfjf* . Pittsburgh, by a colored hostler named f*V ' John Buner, in a dispute over the merits i'\ " of certain horses... The tone of the dry gfc; goods market at New York improves daily, |§f there being a brisk demand for fall special- •«$ *;"• ties. s » , . - DK. W. C. MCFASLAND, of New York, one of the physicians apon whose certifi- 4 c«te John McCnllough, the actor, was re- s,f» cently committed to the Bloomingdale In- tfx sane Asylum, was a witness in the inqui- 'l£ rendo lunatico proceedings held in Phila- p . ' < delphia, and he gave it as his opinion ' that Mr. McCullongh's case was in- K'ft * curable, and that he would probably die £*.,with paralysis within six months ... I*'/ Joseph Taylor, who, while an inmate of the p 1 Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, mur- I1' . , dered Michael F. Domn, one of the keep- " ers, was hanged at Philadelphia. Taylor ^ A " began his criminal career at the age of 15, > and during the ten years preceding the |fiS murder of Doran stabbed or shot forty-five rX ' . persons.. The postponed mile and a half sjl* A x '* Btraight-away race between the four-oared if crews of Bowdoin College and Brown Uni- versity, rowed on Lake Qninsigamond, was 1, *•• won by the former by four lengths, in eight minutes and twenty-six seconds The |£C ' * National Educational Association, in ses- *. ' sion at Saratoga, elected N. A. Calkins, of $r. - * • Jfew York, President. I/? . THE WEST. Sis; so-.-- AFTER quarreling with and pooling boil­ ing coffee on her, at their home near Woods- ' field, Ohio, David Cogan 6truck off his ; wife's right arm with an ax and then beat ont her brains. He is in jail and threat­ ened with lynching... .Advices received by the War Department from Indian Territory say the disaffected Indians are becoming quiet, and a peaceful solution of the pend- ing difficulties is probable... .For the week ending July 11 there were 325 deaths in Chicago. THE Directors of the Illinois Centra Railroad have declared a semi-annual divi­ dend of 4 per cent., payable September 1. ... .The Illinois State Board of Agriculture lay the prospects for the oat crop are that it wUl be the largest ever raised in the State. The yield in 1884 reached 105,000,- 000 bushels .... A. H. Rose, an exten­ sive farmer of California, filed a petition of insolvency at Oak­ land, with liabilities of $800,000, and assets nominal. The principal creditor is the Merchants' Exchange Bank, of J-'an Francisco, for $TOO,OJO... Joseph Palmer ' (colored) was hanged at Cincinnati. Under the new law this is the last execution that can take place in Hamilton County. Palmer was an accomplice of Berner, whose escape from the gallows was the leading cause of the not in 1884 The Cleveland rolling- strikers, to the number of nearly one thousand, armed with clubs, marched tow­ ard the plate-mill in the Eighteenth Ward, for the purpose of forcing it to close. When near the mills they were confronted by a squad of police, and a vig­ orous skirmish ensued. Six policemen were injured, and thirty-five of the strikers bit the dust. Several of them, it is found, tfffl die. A number of arrests were made. , A number of actions brought to re­ strain the sale of liquor at Des Moines, : la., have been transferred to the United States Court by an order of Judge Loof- ' bourow, which is regarded by the anti- • prohibitionists as a great vicory. GEN. HOWABD, who has just returned to Fort Omaha from Salt Lake City, says the ; situation of affairs at that place is very threatening, and a serious collision between he Mormons and Gentiles is liable to oc- : cur at any moment. A CYCLONE struck Highmore, Dakota, • and fifteen houses were blown to pieces and all others were more or less damaged. The depot at Holabird was blown across the main track. One man was blown forty rods and killed. The town of Holabird is a to­ tal wreck. A. H. Eeed, formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, now a grain dealer of Miller, while on his way home was killed by lightning. Mr. Beed arrived home in his buggy in the evening, when his wife discovered him in bis buggy dead. During the storm light- • ning struck the house ot William Cunning­ ham, twenty miles northwest of Highmore, * ind instantly killed Mr. Cunningham. The ? first funnel slruck Sidney Foster's houBe, carrying away the house, tearing off the sod, and breaking and piling it up in piles fifteen feet high. Foster cannot be found. Another family named Buckley, living near, consisting of a young man and wife, who had that day become a mother, and Buck­ ley's mother, an aged lady, were crushed by the falling house. Spikes were driven in her side until it was only by the greatest exertion the •on was able to pull them out. At Highmore the loss is estimated at $40,000 .. .The buildings and plant of the Brighton Park Cotton Manufacturing Company, located in Brighton Park, just outside Chicago, were totally destroyed by fire? a spark from a passing locomotive igniting the roof of one of the buildings, from wh ch the flames rapidly spread to the adjoining structures. Loss, $12 J,000; insurance. $90,000 Jaffras & Thomp­ son, wholesale dealers in millinei y at Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Their liabilities may reach $100,<;00. AT Chicago, Judge Prendergast, after hearing arguments of counsel in the Mayor­ alty contest, denied the motion for a re­ count of the ballots cast at the spring elec­ tion. The defense gave notice, that it *- would move for the appointment of n cus­ todian for the ballots At Springfield, I1L, Judge Treat, of the United States Court, sentenced six of the locked-out Wabash employes to imprisonment in the county jail--four for thirty days each and two for ten days each--for contempt of eourt in interfering with non-union men work. THE SOUTH. and refused $10,000 for the dog. It was whelped at the kennels of George Pilking ton, the celebrated English breeder, and was a smooth liver-and-white color An Indian raid is reported near Eagle Pass, Texas, in which fifteen Mexicans were killed. The cavalry having been sent to the Indian Territory, leaves that section unprotected.... A tin box supposed to con­ tain gold was plowed up in a field near Chattanooga, but when opened and tested it was discovered the coins were counter­ feit ILLICIT distilleries are increasing in Middle Tenneseee, and whisky is selling in North Alabama at 50 and 60 cents per gallon T. L. Airey, of New Orleans, has been elected President, and Jerome Hill, of St. Louis, Vice President of the National Cotton Exchange for the ensuing two years. WASHINGTON. THE protest against the award of the contract for stone-work on the Govern­ ment building at Peoria te the lowest bid­ ders, on the ground that they employ con­ vict labor, has been held to be invalid by the Treasury authorities. THE revenues of the Postoffice Depart­ ment during the quarter ended March 31 last were $10,763,169 and the expenditures $12,428,722, leaving a deficit of $1,665,- 553. During the corresponding quarter last year the expenditures were but $11,- 628,998 and the revenue $10,843,568.... Numerous applications for the Spanish Mission have been filed at Washington. THE report of the Naval Advisory Board on the construction of the Dolphin, which was recently submitted to the Secretary of the Navy as giving the statement of the Board in the controversy over .that vessel, is a voluminous document, and almost en­ tirely of a technical nature. It ar­ gues that the vessel is possessed of the necessary strength, and says the designers alone are responsible for her speed... .A Washington dispatch says that "fire broke out suddenly in the Post building, at the corner of Tenth and D streets, northwest, and soon the upper 6tories were "wrapped in flames. The build­ ing was occupied by the Washington Daily Post, the Xationat Republican, the Wash­ ington Critic, the Sunday Gazette, the United State Electric Light Company, and several other tenants. The editorial, com­ posing, and press rooms of the four papers are completely ruined, and the business of­ fices flooded with water. The building, which is owned by Stilson Hutchins, was valued at $k0,00Q, and is said to be covered by insurance." POUTICAI* L. C. MOORE, formerly a colored mem­ ber of. the Mississippi Legislature from Issaquena County, has been appointed messenger in the Secretary's office of the Interior Department at Washington. He was appointed on the recommendation of ex-Senator Walthall, an4 indorsed by Con­ gressman Catching*. As a member of the Legislature Moore acted with the Demo­ crats. L^BXER B. HARRISON, President of the First National Bank of Cincinnati, has been appointed by the President in the place of ex-Governor Noyes, resigned, as Government Director of the Union Pacific Railway. FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENE­ RAL STEVENSON declares that he is in full sympathy with the policy of the President and Postmaster General as to removals and appointments, and will conform to it..... The Virginia Republicans have nominated the Hon. John S. Wise for Governor and H. C. Wood for Lieutenant Governor. THE President has appointed William T. Carrington to be Collector of Customs for the District of Teche, Louisiana; Francis H. Underwood, of Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United States at Glas­ gow; China Coy Woo, to be Interpreter of the United States Consulate at Canton; C. W. Fields, to be Superintendent of the Hot Springs, Ark.; L. D. Sale, of Michi­ gan, to be Librarian of the Patent Office, vice Weston Flint, reduced: and the following- named Postmasters: James H. Dobbins, at Bellefonte, Pa.: Augustus Owen, at Can­ ton, Pa.; William A. Lewis, at Evart, Mich.; Eugene L. Brown, at-Eufanla, Ala.; Theodore W. Ivory, at Glenwood, Iowa; Henry C. Stark; at Hvde Park, Mass.; George F. A. Kimball, at Veigennes, Vt; Gardner A. Wilder, at Circleville, Ohio, vice H. E. Lutz, suspended; Lyman W. Redington, at Rutland, Vt., vice A. H. Tut- tle, suspended. advance, to deUrtfiined to on a war, and that he is deWvhfcg the Cta* in regard to his red intentions."....The English soldiers still quartered at Suakin complain that the only enemy they are fighting is; death by disease, and that they fear they have been forgotten by the authorities at London. THE recent demonstrations of the Rus­ sian forces on the Afghan frontier have caused profound anxiety in England. It is stated that Russian officers now on fur-1 lough have been ordered to rejoin their regiments at once. Semi-official advices from St Petersburg say that the Czar counts upon the assistance of France in any contest he may have with the British in Asia. There was a panicky feeling in the Paris bourse, with a decline in most securities. On the London Stock Exchange consols and Rus­ sian securities opened weak, but ralied, and closed firm at an advance.. A widespread conspiracy to overthrow the present Government has been discovered in Spain. One of the leaders has been sen­ tenced to death.... The famine now preva­ lent in Kordofan, Africa, is daily claiming hundreds of victims... .In certain circles at Cairo it is believed that the False Prophet is dead... .The Pope is reported to enjoy excellent health... .The cholera has ex­ tended to the provinces of Albaceto ftnd Navarre, Spain. GENERAL WADE HAMPTON has written • letter asserting that in the first battle of Boll Run it was the Hampton Legion, which he commanded, that arrested the ad­ vance of Sherman and Keyes, who were driving the Confederates back, and thus enabled the Confederate reinforcements to be brought up, saving the Southern army. .... Howard Cooper, a negro ravisher, of Baltimore County, Maryland, who was to have been legally executed on the 31st inst, was taken from jail by a mob of masked men and hanged to a tree. At Oxford, Miss., a young negro man was lynched for assaulting a highly respectable young lady The plant ' buildings, and machinery of the World's Exposition at New Orleans were sold at atfttion 'jgr $175,000. UNITED STATES imports for eleven months of the last fiscal year amounted to $570,295,764, and the exports to $731,581,023. The Juno commerce will probably show a further excess of exports, leaving the balance of our foreign trade for the whole country in the last fiscal year about $165,000,000 in favor of the United States... .Lieutenant Commander W. H. Webb, with the Alert on the Asiatic sta­ tion, has been found guilty of drunkenness, and suspended from rank and duty on fur­ lough pay for two years.... Two hundred of Big Bear's Indians have surrendered, and are now prisoners at Fort Pitt. THE Pacific Mail Steamship Company, according to %an Francisco advices, will withdraw their steamers to Australian ports Nov. 1, the date of expiration of contract. The colonies declare they will not subsi­ dize the company to carry the mails unless the United States assist.*.. .The total ex­ ports of produce from New York for the, last week were valued at nearly $6,7' 0,(MM). Edward Withers, clerk in tjie Halifax (N. S.) Custom House, killed his daughter, aged 18, and then shot himself. Two AMERICAN railway employes are in jail at Sabinos, in Chihuahua, charged with insulting the Alcalde's wife. The United States Consul is investigating the cases which are claimed to be part and parcel of a systematic persecution to which Ameri­ cans in small Mexican cities and towns are being subjected... .When Gen. Middleton and staff reached Winnipeg, the other day, they were warmly greeted at the station by fifteen thousand people. Five hours later the troops arrived and marched through the gayly decorated streets to the City Hall, where an address of welcome was presented by the'civic authorities, to which Gen. Middleton responded. At night the city was brilliantly illuminated. ... It is intended by the opponents of the civil-service rules to bring the law before the United States Supreme Court, that its constitutionality may be tested.... The re­ ceipts of the Direct Cable Company during the six months ended June 30 were £32,467 less than for the corresponding period of last year, owing to a reduction in the tariff of tolls... .The National Cotton Exchange of America met at Greenbrier White Sul­ phur Springs, Va., with W. H. Gardner, of Mobile, Ala., as President. The Master House-Painters' Association of the United States and Canada held its first general convention in Chicago. Titus Berger, of Pittsburgh, was chosen President for the ensuing year. ADDITIONAL NEWS. GEN. GRANT'S enforced idleness is be* coming irksome and his physician is seek­ ing some means to divert the mind of the sufferer. His general condition has not materially changed within the last week or eo... .Joseph F. Cottringer, of Philadel­ phia, ex-Secretary of the Central Trans­ portation Company of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement and forgery, and was sentenced to four years' solitary confinement. Cottrin­ ger is 68 years old and the head of a respectable family The dwelling of Joslah M. Evans, near Grahamton, Pa., was burned the other ) ight six of his children perishing in the flames. Evans, his wife, and three other children narrowly escaped... .Zoe B., the famous trotter, was sold at Pittsburgh to an Italian gentlemau for $10,000. The purchaser will take her to Rome.... Fire in the grocery establishment of Thurber, Whyland & Co., New York, caused dam­ age to the extent of $100,000; fully in­ sured. " THE managers of the suspended Munster Bank will endeavor to borrow sufficient money in England to liquidate the bank's present indebtedness. A run was begun on the Hibernian Bank, which has forty- two branches in Ireland, and which has been compelled to require a seven days' no­ tice of an intention to withdraw deposits. ....At a confere ce of English sugar- refiners held in London it was resolved to petition the Marquis of Salisbury to bring before the people an alleged injustice by the American Government in paying a bounty through its tariff laws to American export­ ers of refined sugars.... The Salvation Army in England purposes to establish a system of pickets in front of houses of ill- fame, the object being to make a note of all who enter such places At Paris a de­ cree divorcing the Mirquis de Caux from Madame Patti has been pronounced... M. de Lesseps is urging upon the French Min­ ister of Public Works a scheme for a canal, navigable by the largest iron-clads, from Havre to Marseilles. THE Treasury Department has just com­ pleted a statement of the distilleries in op­ eration in the country and their production daily. There are 327 distilleries running, producing 164,424 gallons daily. Of these, 16 are in Illinois, producing 59,737 gallons daily. The distilleries of Illinois are pro­ ducing 6,200 gallons per day more than one year ago Ex- Senator Francis Ker- nan, of New York, has declined the ap­ pointment of Government Director of the Union Pacific Railroad. THE effect of high license in St Louis has been the closing of 250 wine and beer saloons since July 1 A census just taken of Nebraska shows that the popula­ tion of the State is over 700,000, as against 452,000 in 1880. The population of Omaha was increased from 30,652 in 1880 to 61,835 Lars Gunderson, late Postmas­ ter at Cumberland, WiB., who absconded recently, leaving a defioit of $5,000 in his official accounts, was found in Manitoba by an inspector, to whom he voluntarily surrendered himself.... While George Johnson, a young farmer living near Alden, Iowa, was kissing his wife good-night, he cut the throat of her sister, Grace Rand, who was sharing her bed, and then committed suicide. Johnson said to have been infatuated with his victim and to have killed her to prevent her marriage, which was fixed for an early day... .Omaha dispatch: "General Howard, who recently wrote President Cleveland, suggesting the possibility of a hostile demonstration at Salt Lake on the part of the Mormons on their pioneers' an­ niversary, has received a telegram from the President directing him to keep nil the posts of the Western Platte Department in I'ull strength and be prepared for a iy emer­ gency that may arise in Utah in the near future. Gen. Hatch, with the Fifth Cav­ alry, has been ordered to remain in read­ iness at Ogtlalla, Neb., to proceed by fast train to Salt Lake if necessary. The Sixth Infantry, at Fort Douglas, U.T., consisting of 500 men, will be retained there, and are considered sufficient to guard against any­ thing except an organized outbreak." THE President has is3ued a special civil- service rule, applicable to the Pension De­ partment. proViding that appointments shall be apportioned among the States and Territories according to population, as shown by the last ceisus. METEOR, the pointer dog that successively was awarded first prizes at Cincinnati, St VOBEIGXi A CABLE dispatch from London says "it is rumored that the Russians have ad vanced in force to Tulfikur Pass, and that | they are treating Persian territory I though it were Russian. The dispatch : also says that the British Frontier Commis sion is moving nearer to Herat. Re-en forcemeats are arriving at Askabad. The advance of the Russians has made the Af Louis, New York. Toronto, and other ! SoluSvreTik^nv^I are.d4eternain^to • * VT V l. • * -- , J- •». I Feh°Jutely resist any attempt to seize then points the New York victory awarding it , territory. They are puzzled at these warlike the championship of the world, died at • preparations of the Russians under cover ol Long's Lake, nearDaHas, Texas, of mala- j pacific assurances. It is believed that Gen. *«*. The owner, Col. Hughes, was offered i Alikhau-ff, the commander of the Russian The International Park Opened at the Falls on the New York Side. $6.25 @ 6.78 4.25 & 4.73 •S<7 & 99 .9» (0 1.01 .53 <4 .54 ('4 .44 11.25 «!.ll. 75 .06?4i<J .07 5.75 VA 6.2S 6.25 & 6.75 4.50 ee 5.00 4.25 Ot 4.75 5.25 <«) 5.50 4.00 lgl.50 .86 <& .88 .46 .47 .31 & .32 .67 .59 .41 <31 .43 .1« <9 .ItiH .13 .14 .08 .oa & .oa <<4 .04 .10 & .11 1.25 t'5 1.50 10.00 (410.50 e.60 (a 6.73 .91 & .93 .48 1$ .49 .S3 M .34 .86 ® .87 .46 & .48 .31 &• .33 .67 O .60 .60 & .62 10.00 @10.60 1.01 @ 1.03 .44 <3 .43 . .33 & .MVi . M & .54 . 11.00 010.00 10.28 @10.75 . .97 & 1.00 . .48 & .48% . .86 #4 .36 . .60 @ .62 . 10.60 ^11.00 . 8.60 & 6.00 THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES Hoos WHEAT--NO. 1 White * No. 2Red.. CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess............. s Lard CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Bute-hern" Hoos FLOUK--Fancy Red Winter Ex.. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Coax--No. 2. OATK--NO. 2. RYE--No. 2 liAJiLEV--No. BUTTEK--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new....... LlKht Sldmmed........ Eooji--Fresh POTATOES--New, per brl POEK--Mess f. * RTI TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. A MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. a Coax--No. 2 OATS--No. A RYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. a.... PORK--Mess ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. 2 Red....* CORN--Mixed OATH--Mixed RYE HAY--Timothy PORK--Mee* CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN OATS--Mixed RYE--No. a Fall PORK--Mess „ DETROIT. FLOUR. WHEAT--No. L White W .9654 CORN--No. 2 47 & .48 OAT8-- No. 2 While 85 & .37 PORK--New Mesa 11.00 <$1L60 INDIAN APOLia WHEAT--No. 2 Red. .96 & .97 CORN- Mixed. 46 & .48 OATS--No. 2 33 & .8* EAST LIBERTY. CATTtC--Beet 8.S0 & 6.50 Fair £.00 0 6.60 Common 4.00 @4.50 Hoos 4.50 9 4.<s 4.25 & 4.75 State and Dominion Officials Present in AH Their Glory--Musi© ill Speeohmaking. [Niagara Falls special.] Niagara never before saw such a throng as to-day attended the opening of the State Park. Seemingly all Western New Tork poured itself into the village. A score of special trains brought delegations from many States and from Canada. The word "Welcome" greeted the visitor at every turn. Buntiug is displayed in every part of the village. The U uion Jack, .the Irish Green, and the Tricolor are mingled with the Stars and Stripes. The hotels are lav­ ish in display. The frouts of the Inter­ national, Cat tract. Spencer, and others are almost hidden from sight by rich-hued decorations. In front of the Cataract is a line arch. Many handsome decorations on the Canada shore show sympathetic re­ joicing. Th i Reservation Commissioners met at the Cataract House at 10:30 a. m. There were preseut Commissioners Dorsheimer, Robb, Rogers, Anderson, and Green, and Secretary and Treasurer Leighton Will­ iams. The following cable dispatch was read: "LONDON, Eng., July 14. "To the Representatives of the State of New York at Niagara Falls: "The Commons Reservation Society con­ gratulates the State of New York on secur­ ing the Falls to the public." About 11:30 a delegation representing the Canadian Government drove over from the Canadian side to take, part in the cere­ monies. It included Lieut. Gov. Robin­ son. of Ontario; the Hon. Oliver Mo watt, Premier of Ontario; Provincial Secretary Hardy; Lieut. Col. Gzowcki, Chairman of the Canadian Niagara Falls Commission; Commissioner Langmuir; and the Govern­ or General's secretary. An informal reception was held during the morning in the hotel parlors occupied by Gov. Hill. The Canadian visitors were presented to him and remained until the time arrived for the ceremonies of the day. THE OPENING CEREMONIES. The formal opening ceremonies were held in Prospect Park, whose well-kept domain was early given over to (he lawless tread of a public which needed police restriction, and had it not. At 12:15 o'clock Gov. Hill, Hon. Eras- tus Brooks, James C. Carter, of New Tork, the orator of (he day, and Bishop Coxe, made their appearance in tho pavilion, escorted by President Neilson of the Prospect Park Compauy. They were followed by the stiff of the Governor, State officials, Niagara Reservation Commission­ ers, and others of prominence. The cere­ monies, carried out according to program, included fine vocal and martial music, the latter by military bands from Buffalo and the Mexican Natioual Band, present by special invitation. Bishop Coxe read a prayer written for the occasion, and the Hon. Erastus Brooks, President of the day, made a long address. The formal presen­ tation of the Park to the State was made by the Hon. William Dorsheimer. Gov. Hill's reply went into details. He gave the crowd a history of Niagara, said the State would undertake to care for the reserva­ tion, and wound up with merited praises for the Commissioners, and none the less merited eu'ogies for the cataract. The ora­ tor of the day was the Hon. James C. Car­ ter, of New York City, a prominent lawyer, who has been active in "The Niagara Falls Association of New York." His oration dwelt upon the sublimity of the falls, free access to which the park is intended to se­ cure, the evils of private proprietorship in Nature's wonders, and reviewed the pro­ ceedings and negotiations which resulted in the purchase of the park by the State. Letters of regret and congratulation were read from President Cleveland, the Gover­ nor-General of Canada, and from Samuel J. Tilden. Lieutenant Governor Robinson of the Province of Ontario and Premier Mowatt of the Dominion Government made bright speeches. The military parade in the afternoon was brilliant It was reviewed by Gov. Hill, who left early for the East A MOTLEY CROWD--SWEPT OVEB THE FAIJIJH. The crowds lingered to enjoy "freedom" and fireworks. A sergeant of the guard during the parade having orders to keep horses from the line of march attempted to enforce them. A mounted orderly at­ tempting to ride past him, the sergeant thrust his bayonet into the horse, killing it. The sergeant was arrested. The friendly Canadian from the near towns, pipe in mouth and girl on arm, was everywhere. The farming community of all Western New York seem­ ed to have hitched* up and driven to the village. Prospect Park looked like a mon­ strous picnic-ground. Even the Tona- wanda reservation sent in its Indian dele­ gation, gay in cambric and red feathers. All day long these throngs walked the streets. The hackman, as a feature of Ni­ agara, was wiped out of existence. The crowd was tho great thing. People trooped over the bridges in endless battalions and marched shoulder to shoulder through the moist and shady pathways of Goat Island. Farmers hitched their teams among the shrubbery which private management had hitherto so sedulously guarded. The deep woods of the island looked as though given up to a vast camp-meeting. The Biddle stairway was free, as it always is; and the number of people who went toiling up and down its tedious spiral was so great that further admission was repeatedly de­ nied. The trip to the Cave ot the Winds cost a dollar npieco, but the lessees reaped a harvest. The inclined railway in Pros- Eect Park was run at twenty-five cents a ead as usual. There was total lack of police supervision, and it was a constant remark during the day that accidents were being invited. About six o'clock two Buf­ falo women were about to cross the first bridge to Goat Island when one of them, a Mrs. Mclntvre, ventured upon the un­ guarded planks at the edge of the pier. Turning, she called to her companion, "You're a coward! Come on!" As she 6poke she lost her balance, fed into the rapids, and was swept over the American Fall. HOW NIAGARA WAS MADE FREE. In making a free park at Niagara New York State has made an imperial gift to mankiud. No one will undertake to say who first advocated the matter. From the earliest days, before the genesis of the hackman and the reign of extortion, innu­ merable tourists advocated a free Niagara. Oddly enough, the honor of first advocat­ ing it to a purpose belongs to a foreigner. Lord Dufferin suggested not only the pur­ chase and making free to the world of the lands on either side of the river, but ho made his suggeseion to a man who coulp act. It was in 1878 that Lord Dnfferin's casual conversation with Lucius Robinson, then Governor of New York, gave birth to to the free-park project. There are other claimants for the honor, however. Mr. Dorsheimer claims to have invented the idea. For that matter, William Cullen Bryant advocated a free Niagara for years before his death. But Governor Robin­ son deemed the matter important enough to dwell upon it at length in his """wl message to the Legislature. WESTERN 60VBBK0BS. Bnudl A. Algar, Governor of Mlehlcra. Was born in Ohio, February 27, 1836. His parents died when he was 11 years old, and for the next seven years he worked on a farm, getting some schooling at Rich­ field Academy in the winters. Then he entered a law office, and in 1859 was ad­ mitted to the bar. Bad health caused him to relinquish his profession, and in 18G1 he moved to Grand Rapids to go into the lum­ ber business there. In the same vear he entered the Second Michigan Cavalry. Next year he was wounded at the battle of Boonville, Miss., and soon after promoted to be Major of the regiment. October 16, 1862, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry, and June 2, 1833, Colonel of the Fifth Michigan Cav­ alry, his regiment being a part of Custer's famous cavalry brigade. July G, 1863, he was wounded at the battle of Boones- borough, Md. Altogether he took part in sixty-six battles and skirmishes. He was bre vetted Brigadier General and Major Gen­ eral "for gallant and meritorious services in the field. In 18(55 the General removed to Detroit and engaged extensively in the lumber business. He is now one of the largest lumber operators in the State of Michigan, and is interested in many enter­ prises. General Alger was elected Governor of Michigan on the Republican ticket No­ vember 4, 1884. J. M. Rusk, Governor of Wisconsin. Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk was born in Morgan County, Ohio, June 17, 1830, and is therefore 55 years old. He removed to Wisconsin in 1853; held several county of­ fices; was a member of the Assembly in 1862; was commissioned Major of the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in July,, 186'2; was soon after promoted to the Colonelcy. Served with General Sher­ man from the siege of Vicksburg until mustered out at the close of the war, and was brevetted Brigadier General for brav­ ery at the battle of Salkehatchie; .was elect­ ed Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin for 1866 and 1867, and re-elected for 18£8-9; repre­ sented the Sixth Congressional District in the Forty-second Congress, and the Sev­ enth District in the Forty-third and Forty- fourth Congresses; was Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions in the Forty-third Congress; was a member of the Congressional Republican Committee foi several years; was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1880: was appointed, by President Garfield and confirmed by the Senate as Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay, which appointment he declined; was also tendered by Presi­ dent Garfield the mission to Denmark, and the position of Chief of the Bureau of En­ graving and Printing, both of which he de­ clined. lie was elected Governor of Wis­ consin as a Republican in 1881, and re­ elected in 1881. Isaac P. Gray, Governor of Indiana. Isaac P. Gray is a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is about 55 years old. His parents emigrated to Ohio in 1836, and in 1855 Governor Gray moved to Union County, Indiana, where he still resides, He is by profession a lawyer; served in the war of the rebellion, with the rank of Colonel; was defe-ited for Congress in 1866; elected State Senator in 1868; delegate to the Liberal Republican Con­ vention at Cincinnati in 1872; elected Lieu­ tenant Governor of Indiana 011 the Demo­ cratic ticket in 1876: defeated for the sam« office in 1880; was the Democratic nominee for United States Senator in 1881; and was nominated and elected Governor on the Democratic ticket in 1884. AGRICULTURAL TOMCS. THE Mayor of Helena, M. T., is a bar­ ber, and after enjoying a "shave" at his worshipful hands a visitor went out "to look for an Alderman to black hia boots." MARIE VAN ZANDT has made herself a great society favorite in London. She re­ ceives £50 for attending fashionable par­ ties after the opera. COLONEL ROBERT G. IXQERSOLL'S family are summering at Nahant, Mass. An Improvement in Crop Prospects Shown by the Beport of the Ha- tlonal Bureau. The Outlook in Illinois and Hicbigiur iinthrax Among Wisoonsfal " Cattle. • { The National Bep~rt. ̂ rWaehinnton telegram.] 1 The July report of the Agricultural De­ partment shows that cotton has made material improvement during June. There are few imperfect stands reported. The temperature and rainfall have favored Sowth, and fruiting has commenced in e lower Gulf States. Local droughts are very rare, and moisture is generally suffi­ cient from Virginia to Texas. It is some­ what in excess in the lowlands, interfeiing with cultivation and stimulating the growth of grass. The general average condition has advanced from 92 per cent, in June to 96 per cent. It has not been exceeded in July since 1880. This will insure, barr ng drawbacks so likely to come in the later summer, a large crop. Avenges Of condition by States are as fol­ lows: Virginia 98, North Carolina 93, South Carolina 96, Georgia 97, Florida 95, Alabama 92, Mississippi 09, Louisiana 100. Texas 92, Arkansas 96, Tennessee 97. The States east of the Mississippi stand as in June, except Georgia and Florida, which have advanced two points. All the others give higher averages. The caterpillar is re­ ported in Baker, Brooks, and Dougherty Counties, Georgia; in Jackson and Madi­ son Counties, Florida; in Montgomery and Elmore Counties, Alabama; in Cameron County, Louisiana; and in Van Zandt County, Texas. The new wet worm has been very abundant in Texas. The boil worm moth has been observed in Titus County, Texas. The month has been favorable to the de­ velopment of winter wheat. A. slight im­ provement is indicated, which advances the general average between two and three points, or from 62 to nearly 65. A very slight decline is reported in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and in some of the Southern States. In Michigan, Indi­ ana, Illinois, and Missouri there has been improvement, as well as in California and Oregon. The winter wheat region, which does not include the Territories, now promises about 215,000,000 bushels. The condition of t-pring wheat continues higher, though the average has been re­ duced slightly, the acreage being nearly 96. The indicat ons now point to a crop of abbut 48,000,000 bushels for Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, and all other Territories and Northern New En­ gland. This makes an aggregate of 363,- 000,000 bushels. The immense corn area of last year has apparently been increased about 6 per cent., or at least 4,000,000 acres, making an ag­ gregate of 74,000,000 acres. The largest in­ crease is in the Missouri Valley. The con­ dition of corn is higher than in any year since 1880 except the last. It averages 94 against 93 in 1884. It is highest in the South, and higher on the A lantic coast than in the West The Kansas average is 83, that of Michigan and Missouri 87, Wis­ consin 88, Illinois !0, Iowa 92, Minnesota 93, Ohio and Nebraska 97. The average of winter rye has increased from 73 to 87 since the first of June. The general average of oats is 97 in place of 93. last month. Oats nave shared with all the cereals in the improvement of the month. The only States below 90 are New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Missis­ sippi, and California. The condition of barley averages 92, and of tobacco 96. Corn in Illinois, fCompiled from the July State Agricultural Re­ port.] Tho area of corn is much larger than last season, especially in the cential and southern counties, and the growing crop has generally been well cultivated. The most unfavorable condition likely to affect corn in Illinois would be an early and se­ vere frost before the late planting had ma­ tured. The correspondents of the depart­ ment are, as a rule, farmers of extended experience and deeply interested in the ac­ curacy of the returns. The prospects are encouraging for nearly as large an average yield of corn per acre in all portions of the State as at the corresponding date last sea­ son. The present area of corn is larger than last season in all the central and southern counties, and with few exceptions in all the northern counties. There has been considerable improvement in the con­ dition of corn during the last month, and with a favorable fall season for maturing there will be about an average yield of com per acre throughout the State. Michigan Crops. The Michigan crop report for July es­ timates the total yield of wheat in the State this year at 25,373,682 bushels, or 356,407 bushels more than the yield in 1884. The yield, as estimated for the southern four tiers of counties, is 17.27 bushels per acre, and in the northern counties 16.39 bushels. The number of acres reported in wheat this year is 1,480,055. The total number of bushels marketed in eleven months ended July 1 is 8,468,513. In the southern four tiers of counties 8 per cent, and in the northern counties 5 per cent.--in all 1,900,- 000 bushels--of the 1884 wheat crop still remains in farmers'hands. The condition of other crops, expressed in per cent of condition as compared with ono year ago is as follows: Corn, 87; oats, 9l'»; barley, 93; clover meadows. 92; timothy meadows. 92; clover sowed this year, 95. The condition of corn compared with aver­ age years is 85. Thirteen per cent of the corn planted failed to gro w. Apples prom­ ise 52 per cent, of an average crop in the southern counties and 62 in the northern. NOBODY cares a continental whethei tho inhabitants of Jupiter are trans­ parent or not, as the star-gazers affirm:! but it would be something of a godsend in the way of wisdom to understand by I what process of vision a woman can see clear through a man weighing two bun-! dred and forty pounds, with as much comprehension as she can look into a plate-glass window tilled with feminine fixings. A MAN may have a head so stuffed with knowledge that bis hair can't grow, and yet have his feet knocked clear out from under him by a question or two from a little midget too small to know an idea from a gooseberry. MEASURED by its bulk, a FTY is four­ teen hundred times as strong as a man, and yet Boston puts screens in the I windows and throws the front dooi open to Sullivan. j HtruAN beings love oereinony.---Cur- rent. They do--they do; especially the kind that takes two folks and a preacher to make it binding. WHAT pieoo of bone furniture doss an old bachelor reiei»ble? ^ slr-slngls. A Dangerohs Dlaeane. [Palmvra (Wis.) dispatch.! State V( terinary Surgeon Atkinson has completed his examination of the diseased nerds of cattle owned by Dan Seamen, of this town. He pronounced them suffering from a disease called anthrax, considered contagious. He advised immediate change of pasture from low to high land, and strict quarantine. Three cows from this herd have died from the disease within a few days. While skinning one of these cows a small sore on Mr. Seamen's hand cime in contact with the poisoned matter. _ The hand became inflamed and swollen imme­ diately to such an extent as to require prompt medical attendance. Tlie ll«?»sian Fly. [Rochester (N. Y.) BpectaLl * The Hessian fly has made great devasta­ tion in the wheat-fields of various towns in Wayne County. In Arcadia the loss is es­ timated at $20,000. In the immediate vi­ cinity of Lyons the loss is estimated by careful observers at $70,0;-0. In some places the farmers ate burning the wheat- fields in order to exterminate the insects as far es possible. • TWO tiREAT FISHSRHEM. Pre*l<!«'iit Cleveland. * [Washington dispatch.] • The Presidential parly returned to-nfght from their fishing trip to Wooilmont, Tho pariy was in excellent spirits, and all agreed with Postmaster General Vilas, who said they had had a magnificent time. The Pres­ ident caught a fine string of black bass. Kx-Pre-ildent Arthur, [New Bkhmond (Canada) dispatch.l Ex-President Arthur, accompanied by his son, has had rare good luck in sa mon fish­ ing on the river with Mr. R. G. Dun, whose guest he is. on the Cascapedii- In three days the pa:ty caugh't 300 pout-ds of sal­ mon. V-'"* MR. CLEVELAND'S two carriages, a vU- toria and a landau, cost $1,862. A BAD DI8A8TBK. >< ,17-i The Steam Yacht Minnie Cool le Capsized and Goes Down in Lake Minnetonka. Ex-Iaj«r Band, of Other Peoplt, Find Watery Gram. QUnneapolls apeclalj, * < Wflib OT-Mayor Band, his family, and a tew friends started out for an excursion on Lake Minnetonka in the little steam yacht Minnie Cook on the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, the . clouds hung dark and low. Friends tried to dissuade them from embarking. Mrs. Rand, as she stepped oil the St. Louis dock onto the frail little craft with its flapping tarpaulin shades, >, larnzbed at the remonstrance, and replied gayly that she had braved worse weatber on Lake Minnetonka. Husband, son, daughter, and a' nephew followed her aboard with morrv jest and laugh at the fears expressed, and took seats by her side. As the yacht steamed' off toward the narrows the happv party1 was last observed waving handkerchiefs nnd hats. The intention was to visit the upper lake. The yacht was scarcely out of sight be-i fore a terrific windstorm swept over the lake from the northwest. Thunder followed i'i rapid ' and reverberating peals. The usually calm11 water rolled in t uge biiJows that came beatinjc up over the boat houses and quays, and to com­ plete the disturbance the rain began to fall in torrents. It was like a New England lake squall, coming with no warning save the leaden clouds, and raging with blinding force for only a brief spell. The huge passenger steamers screome I horsely as the rain clouds settled down, and high above the din conld be heard # n?*y traaic shrieks trom the whistles 01 the steam yachts, many of which were cross­ ing trom the Ht. Louis landing to the Lafayette . pier when the hurricane struck them. From, boats* ore " was impossible to distinguish The first evidence of disaster was found in pieces of trimming from the Minnie Cook which roated in on the waves at the ta«t shore of \Vay?atta Bay. The news was not slow in pass­ ing along the lake shore clear to Lafayette. Large, sturdy boats went in search of the ill- fated littl« c»a!t, but, no further t ace of her- could be had. It was at last determined that she sunk and that the ten passengers who em­ barked on their perilous journey in such happy spirits, had perished. Later a boatman named James Carroll, who had miraculously succeeded in weathering the tornado in a yawl, appealed on the Wayxatta Bay beach, dragging his miniature cratt after him. When he had recovered sufficiently from his fright and exhaustion to speak coherently he told of having passad.the Minnie Cook just before the squalljstruck the bav. He thought the party had observed the danger and was quite certain that Engineer McDonald had turned the yacht from her course into the bay; the next moment his boat raised heavenward, as if liit?d out of the water by some superhuman agency, and then he was enveloj ed in spray. Soon afterward he heard a shriek like that of a woman in acute distress, and looking off through the almost blinding mist to the spot where the yacht was a moment before floating, nothing was to be seen but tlie white-caps and the waves ro ling mountain high. He is sure the shriek he heard was that of Mrs. Rand, and that the Minnfe Cook at that instant capsized. For safety he fell into the bottom of his yawl and there clung until the sauall had passed. The following is a list of the passengers on The yacht: Ex-Mayor Rand, aged 5.;; Mrs. Rand, uged 5u; Mary Rand, aged JO, daughter of the above; Harvey Rand, aged 13. son; Frank Rand, aged is, a nephew; J. R, Coykendall, aged 35; Mrs. Coykendail, aged 27; Katl; Coykendall, aged 4, daughter of the above; Enaineer George McDonald, Robert HuBsy, aged 10, employed on the vacht. The bodies of Mrs. Baud and kngineer McDonald were recovered and brought to Minneapolis. Mr. Band's two terms as Chief Magistrate of the city were served pievious to tlie incuny bency of Mayor Ames. Tho ex-Mayor was quite wealthy. John Coykendall was a member of the firm of Coykendall Bro. <te Co.. which owns one of the largest and best-known dry- goods stores in the city. The two families be- longed'to the highest business and social circles in the ctty. THE DOLPHIN REJECTED. The Attorney General Decides Three ol the Points in the Controversy with John Roach. •' > [Washington dispatch.] - Atom*#? General Onrland has rendered a de­ cision on the three points relative to the accept­ ance oi the Dolphin bv the Government, sub­ mitted to him by Secretary Whitnev. He holds that the vessel cannot be accepted; that no con­ tract exists between Mr. John Roach and the Government: and that the large sum of money paid to him for the vessel may be recovered. Mr. Garland says: This vessel, you inform me. has been found to be defective in three particulars, two of which are fundamental: First, she does not develop the power and speed which the contract calls for; socond, she is not stanch and stiff enough for the service expected of her; and third, the general character of her workmanship does not come up to the requirements of the contract. As to the defects in the article of speed, the act of Con­ gress under which the Vessel was built makes an appropriation for the construction o( "one dispatch navai boat as recommended by the Naval Board in the report of Dec. W, 1882." The board recommended the construction of "one dispatch vessel or clipper, to have a speed of fifteen knots," and I take it that the recommen­ dation became, by force of this reference to it, as much a part of the statute as though it had been recited therein, word for word. The Dolphin not having been constructed in strict conformity to the act of Congress, the Attorney General assumes that nothing short of an act of Congress could authorize her ac­ ceptance. If the vessel is wanting in the necessary strength and stiffness, as reported,, the Attorney General says the defect is fundamental, and sufficient to warrant her rejeetion. As to the third objection, because of the character of the workmanship, the Attorney General says It can be dealt with by Secretary Whitney, provided the contractor is willing and ready to make the vessel satisfactory. The Attorney General concludes: As to whether the Government has been in any way estopped or compromised by the acts of acquiescence, approval", or acceptance by the advisory board or others, I am of the opinion that the Government stands unaffected by any such acts. This must be the case, necessarily, ii the law authorizing the building of a dispatch boat is to have ellect. Its language is that "no such vessel shall be accepted unless completed in strict conformity with the contract, with the advice and assistance of the naval advisory board" * * * and, consequently, no accept­ ance of the vessel not built "in strict comform- ity with the contract" could bind the Govern­ ment. Neither the Secretary of the Navy nor any officer under him had any disjjensingpower over this statute, the words of which, appe ring as they do in a context displaying great solici­ tude for the protection of the public interests, cannot be taken in any other sense than man­ datory without a plain dh-regard of the inten­ tion. It follows, then, that no contract exists be­ tween Mr. Roach and the United States, and the large sums of money which have been raid Mr. Roach have passed into his hands without authority of law, and are held by him as so much money held and received to the use of the United States, and may be recovered from him; and not only so, but the money thus paid him by officials holding a fiduciary relation to tho Government having gone into the ship Dol­ phin, a court of equity will follow it there, and for that purpose entertain a proceeding against the ship itseif. SKILLFUL SURGEONS. A Tumor Weighing fifty-live Pounds Re­ moved--The Patient Five Hours Under tlie Influence of Ether. [Bloomington (Ind.) special ] Word has been received here of one oi the most remarkable surgical operations in the history of Indiana. For the last four­ teen years Mrs. Sarah Owens, mother of Congressman-elect Owens, of the Thir­ teenth Indiana District, has been suffering from a tumor located on the right of the abdomen. Beginning with a strain, it had grown so large she conld not get about, until physicians informed her that death would follow within a few months. Upon examination she was told she stood one chance in twenty of living if it were removed. As death was certain in a short time, she took the chance. At 11 o'clock she was placed on the table, and for five hours was under the influence of ether. An incision twenty-two inches long was made from the navel down, when it was found that the tumor was of fatty sub­ stance. It required four men two hours and a half to remove the substance, which weighed fifty-live pounds. When she came to her senses the first feeling wdCs in her heels, and she declared she knew nothing of the operation. POPE LEO is dyspeptic, although Che affliction does not affect his amiability. It is said diy bread and milk is his diet week in aud week out. .M. TAII,LANDER, who wno connected with the Bosphore-Egyptian affair, has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honor. mm •Ik: A CAIIF was born at Macon, Mo,, that THK Rothschilds have loaned Egypt weighed 120 pounds at birtlu $1,250,000 until September.